New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-09
Ups AND DOWNS OF CATTLE
sooMs OF VARIOUS THoRoUoHBREDs.
MEN WHO HAVE IMPORTED FAMOUS BaEEps-soME
BIG PRICES

The big dairy and catue show which is to open Nv
the Madison Square Garden will probably orine W
gstbsr-it the managers are drawing tho long DOW
too s,rouply--the largest and fines coilechon VI
thoroughbred mich cattle yet seen In Anoo' ramora
aged by so clever expert ana preeaor %.atr,ans-
Burnett the new Congressman from 'he r,s -
y,rooklne Dlt-ict in Massachusetts ana packeo oy
h . althv ma ners and tanciers here Us Iheooore ~
Hav,meyer. D. +. Appleton Samuel SLOAN W. m
Vsndern;It J. Pierpont Morgan, John l. Holly Le
grand r. Cannon, Frederic BIonson. Adrian Aein
and A. J. Cassstt. exhibition promises nol only
crowded and fashionable week at the Garden On.
sometbino of boom for booded mich cattie tna'
NAV run all through the year.
Nothing oould be more welcome, in fact just nc "
the breeders Of Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrsnres yoe
rns. than sharp upward turn In the tortuous PRIV
linz "A thoroughbred stock For more than TWO year,
yaluss have been of every variety exosp. .e ...
stems. and it seems time now ior an1,no sd TIL
,uick A. ctuations which make the piooueu 49,
quoA sn. as 6ckle as the oil market Prices Tor
sx.r,hhraas of course, have been -uncertain from
tha time If the first importations, depenune ""aS
lsroel, on the whms OF individual owners ana Oh no
sasbioa going each year. Jerseys Ayrshues hois.en9
and Gueroseys have taken turns In favor anu 'hen
tauao ayain ont of grace and, though values IN the
hulk may be much the same oil the nme' prices ,o
soecia breeds and varieties have oiteh uouDoI ;,;
treblsG or fallen OF q halt or twotoros Nav. w
batween rich owners and breeders quickly put an
t;6o;a value ON the thoroughbreds In vogue ana the
seeret of all the great booms" is largely the col,
lectors' mania for what Is hard TO get ana "na' WI"
cost more than other breeders can anofd. .,
There will be no end OF talk among the ca'.io
tsn;es at the Garden this week about these manias
and epiiemics of high prices-the old-time AYRSHIRE
boom in 1871, the famous short horn one OF to'o,
the general Jersey one of 1Sol-S4, the holsteh VI
1sS4-s5. And with the broader crazes such ~.
lets as the Rioer OF 1879 and 1881 the Stoke
nj 1880 and the Comsssie of 1888, will be Jumoled
nm TIL one would like to take relief IN general .nor
oughbred panic TO figure as the nn'aeS' SUR % -,
cow expert it is indispensable TO run pack 'rougn "
,af ftfaau nj
q, at least four standard Breeds the Jerseys, the
Guernseys the Holstens and the Ayrshires' ING
short horns are barred out the show as beetmakng
cattle By the OF entry and may be lett out VI
account tor the present 49, ,. A. .
Lat of breeds The Alderney is not genuine variety
of Channel Island cattle however ana the term Is
merely a missioner for either Jerseys or 1uerhseyS
1t got abroad in this way. The English Government
in sos had ordered some extensive tortihcaons ouI
cn the sIand OF Attorney and great many engineers
ana officers were obliged spend the better part OF
wear there on the work. They found the mhK IRON
the cows there-brought over from both Jersey anu
Guern sey-unusually good, ana spread the praises
~ fhis new breed as they thought it, over England.
Thence il came here and has hau goot deal oil cur
rency. Ii is not recognized however, DIS oi"'' VI
breed name In the cattle shows.
To ooue back 10 the tour classes proper, none ng-
ured in this country to any extent oeiere ooo. "A
humber OF short and Jerseys were brought over
from Enoland in 1851 Jonathan ThOrne d we'll
knowp New-YOrk merchant, undertaking III mat year
IN yafh DlOOueQ
pether lot oil Dukes and Duchesses at iancy prices,
Fynp the foundation Tor that choice collection whieh
was sold at enormous pront tWeLiy-n's years
atterward at New-York Mills. MIR. Thornes jersey
were soon scattered however, and as many others
were soon imported by England stock ureeaers,
the Jersey blood vas gradually dlmusSu 'nrousn t
Ea,tern and Middle States Thomas Motley oil BOSTON,
and Messrs. Tantor and Norton, oil Conhectcut were
among the earliest and largest owners north OF New
York They, like Jonathan Ihorne, broIght over
both Jerseys short horns. and in few cases paid
more than 500 to $500 apiece Tor the animals.
Robert Hoe the pribting maker imported some
Jerseys about 1860 from the stock farm oil Phip
Dnuncy in England, and sold them aierWard 10
Tom" Fales Tor bis Westohe Ter 1arn. tnesc
were tired into the famous Rioer family which started
the first Jersey boom I" here in 1879 A. b. Daring;
OF the Filth Avenue Hoteb got some Of the org maj
herd and bred out bis ECrotas.' COW that mace q
record of TO pounds OF butter IN one year. 1851 or
1881 swelling the boom started by the rates STOCK
To enormous proper ions Stoke Pogs I'LL another
hancS Of tbe Rioter family was developed by V. f.
Fulier of Canada year two later. and ms sales OF
1883 and 1854, or thereabouts. marx tne nignest
noint OF the Jersey prices. In 1888 81 So,OOO was
an A. price Tor good Jersey and prices tor
the best bred ran up as high as Slo,ooo
shoemaker Burnham OF bditimore, prousat o s5
the Comasse family oui ot her, brought hgh prices
during the general Jersey boom" AT tue SnoeInaher
sale in 1855 values had fallen OF little again ana
many JERSEYS sold for less thew had cost origin
ally. One was sold Tor @o 'Oo mere wiz 20
more JERSEYS 1T the Madison SqTare 1aruen SNOW
boweyer than almost all the other classes together
The first importer. perhaps. OF Ayrshires to this
country was Sandiord Howard. who bought some IN
another prominent owner the first and was the
frat to pay unusually high prices. The Ayrsh res
brought about 5000 OF $500 apiece up TO 1871. III
Is70i7l tney had a sudden ;" Doom" going up to
prices between $500 and 81 300. The Ayrshires are
we'll scattered now over the dairy di-tricts Du' neS
are no longer much OF a fanciers breed
The frat Hostens known to have been imported
were sent TO New-York from Holland by the Holland
Lad Company IN 1872 Ihsy aeo out ws
M lde introduce them here many o. them eStcnine
pleuro pneumonia. In 1859 Gerrltt :. anier, .
auubt me mi
heen spreading gradually over the country In oo4
's5 the Holstein. had decided boom, selling at iron
$1,000 to $500 apiece. Some OF the prommen
rwners now are Smiths, Powell N Lamb, OF Syracuse
who have soc r. c. Stevens, OF Attica. NJ l., an
Z. Il. Wales OF Iowa City. ,. -. Al,
Jerse A al a distance They have spread less wide
and have never brou ght anything like as high pics'
The fret Guernseys came to rhiaoeiPh,a ~ 'ng Oo
They never had a distinctive boom, ana sell nov
at from 800 to 5000 Vi, Mil, 4;
The great sale Of short horns at New YORK Mills -
1876 vent tar ahead of other cattle saie haL ia
eyer been held i'm this country in England, !
the wav OF extravagant bidding Jonathan Ihorne
WoIcoft g. Campbell who advertised it widely an
then offered il tor sale. Many bidders came 1Iol
England catch the rare short horns OF the Duke an
Duchess families, and the prices offered seem no
rather extraordinary Seventeen cattle were dispose
of tor total OF $2S7, 900 or nearly iIooo apiece
MANY wealthy New-Y orkerB have taken 10 breedih
blooded cattle in the iast fifteen or twenty year
Theodore A. Hayemeyer has always kept laTge a a
OF JERSEYS his farm at mawan, N. .; MS Is M ~
Smnort alton was made in 1850, and since then he hi
had three more herds brought over from the Chann
islands JERSEYS are his speciality On the sale OF D
yearngs a few years aso he Is said to nave realized
clear profit OF nearly $4,000. He sold part OF b
stock in 1886, but this year he is back again
breeding with as large a herd ~ ever lie has ma
snumber OF entries Tor this weeks show. =.
A. b. Darling has stock iarm next to MT. nay
movers His Roter Jerseys are famous lie also d
a GOOD many entries at the show. L. s. cooper,
Coopersville Penn, is a large importer and owner
Jerseys He breeds the Comassic stock and holds ~
raes a wear at which large prices are the rule Jo
L Holly of the Produce Exchange, has stock tar
at Plainheld and breeds Jerseys on It, o. Morto
of the Corbn Banking Company keeps his animals
g.. It West Randnlnh Vt ID. IN. Appleton D